WashingTours & Events is conducting walking tours in Italian and English around the heart of Judiciary Square. These walking tours celebrate all things Italian. The tours visit the interior of Holy Rosary Church as well as talking about the statuaries outside Casa Italiana and highlight the influences of Marconi, Dante, Michelangelo and Verdi on peoples’ lives today. Optional stop at Carmine’s after the tour. Reservations required: mcdonato@aol.com.

The Full Sail University Alumni Network is happy to announce that our next Alumni Networking Event will be held in the North East Region. Join fellow Full Sail Alumni from all degree programs to build new relationships, share your experiences, discuss the industry, and enjoy a night of socializing at a great local venue.

We will be continuing our regional Alumni events at Dirty Martini on June 6, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in Washington, DC.

The evening will include: light appetizers, cash bar and networking with local industry professionals and Full Sail Alumni.

Registration for this event is required. Please click the "Register" button above and provide the requested information for you and one guest of your choosing. Due to venue regulations, guest must be at least 18 years of age. Additional information will be available upon registration.

Check out photos and reviews of past Alumni Networking Events on the Full Sail University Alumni Network website: http://alumni.fullsail.edu

* Please register with your name exactly as you want it printed on your name badge.

Thank you for registering, we look forward to growing our Alumni Network with you!

MAD MEN DINNER AND PHOTO EVENT

The Peacock Cafe and Fashiontographer invite you to a special one night only dinner event featuring entrees from the mad men era.

Three Course Prix Fixe Menu $ 60 *

Proceeds benefit The Shoot for Change scholarship at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis school at American Ballet Theatre

Call for Reservations (202) 625 - 2740

* photo ticket included but can also be purchased separately.

• Participate in your own EDITORIAL photoshoot
• Includes 2 photos available for download and will be featured on Fashiontographer's website
• Event Theme: Mad Men, Vintage, 1950s, 1960s
• Fashion Ideas: Sartorial, Chanel, Fedoras, Skinny Ties, Summer Dresses

Leademy's DC Networking Event

Join Leademy Network and other local business rockstars for networking and drinks on Tuesday, May 22 at 7pm. Bring colleagues, bring your entourage, but most importantly, bring your passion for meeting new people who are looking to get things done.

Who Should Attend: Serial entrepreneurs, rock-star consultants, media magnates, fashion gurus, financiers, and anyone else in business.

Why: Meet other successful professionals in DC / meet members of the new Leademy team and find out what they are up to.

Where: Georgetown - Location TBD (based on the special!)

Leademy brings together local, successful professionals who are looking to branch out from his/her business circle across the country. We believe networks are critical to career success, and the strongest business relationships are forged in person rather than just "linking in." Follow us @leademy or on Facebook facebook.com/leademynetwork.

Young people from around the region show their talents at this awesome event to support foster care children. There are over 500,000 children in foster care in the United States alone. Seventy percent (70%) of prisioners were foster care children. Two-and-a-half (2.5) to 4 years after a young man is released from or ages out of foster care he is homeless or incarcerated. Two-and-a-half (2.5) to 4 years after a young lady ages out of foster care she is a single mother or on public assistance. Supporting Foster Care Shines, Inc. helps reduce the foster care-to-prison and foster care-to-welfare pipelines. Have an AWESOME time and support an absolutely GREAT cause!!

We are FOSTER CARE SHINES!!

We're fostering hope in foster care kids!

Help foster care children DreamEXtreme!!!

EPremierSelect.Com

invites you to ...

A Singles Event for Urban Professionals (Ages 27-45).

What to expect: DC's brightest and most beautiful singles.

Speed Dating: (Optional) Check in at 6:45pm, dates begin promptly at 7:15pm. Our seated speed dates allow singles to introduce themselves and share interests in six minute intervals. For speed dating tips and info check out our site at www.epremierselect.com

Singles Mixer: Check in begins at 8 pm. Meet other sexy singles through fun icebreakers and games. Enjoy our signature happy hour specials while you mix and mingle with other single professionals.

Advanced ticket sales only

National Archives Announces Special Programs to Mark April 2 Release of 1940 Census

Washington, DC. . . This spring, the National Archives will host a series of special programs in conjunction with the historic April 2, 2012, online release of the 1940 Census. These programs are free and open to the public and will be held at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. Attendees to the Genealogy Fair should enter on Pennsylvania Avenue. Attendees to all other programs should use the Special Events Entrance on Constitution Avenue at 7th St., NW.

EVENT: 8th Annual Genealogy Fair - Branching Out: Exploring Your Family Tree
Wednesday, April 18, and Thursday, April 19, Pennsylvania Avenue Plaza
Learn how to use Federal records at the National Archives – including newly-released 1940 Census records – for family history research. Speakers include National Archives staff, historians, and genealogy professionals. This popular fair – which attracted over 5,000 people last year – will provide information and guidance for experienced genealogy professionals and novices alike. The fair is free and open to the public, and presented in partnership with the Foundation for the National Archives and with support from Ancestry.com. Reservations are not required. For more information,visit: www.archives.gov/dc-metro/know-your-records/genealogy-fair

PROGRAM: Behind the Scenes of The Big Broadcast
Thursday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m., William G. McGowan Theater
In conjunction with the release of the 1940 Federal Population Census, the National Archives welcomes Ed Walker, host of WAMU’s longest-running radio show The Big Broadcast who, along with Rob Bamberger, host of WAMU's Hot Jazz Saturday Night, will discuss the history of the show, present a sampling of the vintage radio broadcasts and discuss how they enriched the lives of 1940s America. The Big Broadcast is WAMU 88.5's longest-running program (started in 1964), and features a collection of vintage radio programs from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. Hot Jazz Saturday Night features vintage jazz, swing, and big band recordings from the '20s, '30s, and '40s.

1940 America Goes to the Movies Film Series: His Girl Friday
Saturday, April 21, at noon, William G. McGowan Theater
In His Girl Friday, a newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, and Ralph Bellamy star in this film directed by Howard Hawks. (1940; 92 minutes)

1940 America Goes to the Movies Film Series: Rebecca
Saturday, May 19, at noon, William G. McGowan Theater
Rebecca is a 1940 gothic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, and Judith Anderson. The film's screenplay was an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel of the same name. Rebecca won two Academy Awards, including Best Picture, out of a total 11 nominations. (1940; 130 minutes)

More about the 1940 Census
On April 2, 2012, users will be able to search, browse, and download the 1940 census schedules, free of charge, from their own computers or from the public computers at National Archives locations nationwide through the new 1940 census website: 1940census.archives.gov. For the release of the 1940 census online, the National Archives has digitized the entire census, creating more than 3.8 million digital images of census schedules, maps, and enumeration district descriptions.

The public is encouraged to bookmark the 1940census.archives.gov website now in order to more quickly access the 1940 census data when it goes live. No other website will host the 1940 census data on its April 2 release date.

Are you interested in international development? Have questions about open financial data? Have ideas on how to better use development data?

Please join the World Bank Finances team, the Open Aid Register, Development Gateway, Open Corporates, AidInfo, and the International Center for Journalists for an afternoon of ideation, inspiration, and learning to help unleash the untapped potential of open financial/spending data for development impact!

Open financial data embodies the intersection of many global trends- including greater demand for transparency, accountability, and citizen engagement. The availability of data and rapid evolution of new technologies to support these trends provides an opportunity to make significant progress towards greater innovation and large scale public participation in development processes. Through the Development Data Challenge (DDC) ideation event on June 1, we are seeking to begin sourcing solutions through a collaborative brainstorming process involving civil society, open data practitioners & enthusiasts, data owners, and technologists.

Ideation themes/categories to include*:

• Transparency
• Aid Effectiveness
• Assurance & Anti-Corruption
• Citizen Engagement/Community
• Connectivity/Big Data
• Procurement/Contracts
• Mobile & Web Applications
• Data Journalism

*Selected ideas to be presented to Random Hacks of Kindness for development on June 2-3, 2012. Ideas to be selected on the basis of creativity, innovation, potential impact, collaboration, feasibility/implementation plan.

Join us to learn more about open financial data and its current uses, brainstorm with others on important development issues, and potentially be a part of a development solution! Refreshments, snacks, and light reception to be provided.

Please dress comfortably & Tweet: #DDC12

Have a suggestion for a new topic? Want to get more directly involved? E-mail slee23@worldbank.org or Tweet @SamuelSLee1

___ By Three Methods We May Learn Wisdom : Reflection which is Noblest , Imitation which is Easiest , Experience which is the Bitterest .

YOU ARE INVITED!!!

3^rd Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event
Dessert Reception

Help us celebrate all of the wonderful work you have done this year at our 3^rd Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event. We will serve desserts and a good dose of praise. Please bring your family to this wonderful event!

*If you are RSVPing for a group please indicate that when you fill out the information for your ticket.

Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM
Parking: FREE Parking will be provided a nearby secure lot.
Closest Metro: Anacostia Metro (Green Line)

Calling all AmeriCorps Alums - Come join us for our May Community Service event!

We'll be packing and delivering food for the non-profit Food for All DC, which provides emergency food to those in temporary situations of need including the elderly, handicapped, or single mothers with children.

We will pack the food and fill orders for the first hour, then head out to make the deliveries. If you have a car, please bring it! If you don't have a car, you can volunteer as navigator to help out drivers on deliveries.

Meet at Universal National Memorial Church, 1810 16h St (corner of 16th and S St) NW. Meet at the REAR entrance.

To learn more about Food For All, check out their website.

Questions? Need more information? E-mail Lizzie at lizziemartinez87@gmail.com.

• Anyone interested in starting a business and want to learn how
  
• Anyone interested in looking for new strategies to grow their existing business
  
• Anyone interested in learning about Business loan programs and how to apply for SBA-guaranteed loans for the startup and expansion of their business

July 22, 2012

Departs NYC - Washington - 7:00 am / Departs Washington DC- Returns to NYC 8:30 pm

Trip Details

Bus Loads - 6:30 am - 7:00 am
Port Authority at 42nd Streets
(between 8th and 9th Avenues)

Bus Departs - New York City at 7:00 am
(Breakfast box will be provided to all riders)

Arriver (12:30 pm) -Washington DC.
Box Lunch will be served at Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church

Option A

2012 National Faith in Action HIV & AIDS Coalition - USA

Meet, Greet, Workshop and Rally

Sunday, July 22, 2012
Doors open at 2:15 pm

Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church
900 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington DC 20001

Event Outline thus far for the National Faith in Action HIV & AIDS Coalition

AIDS 2012 Faith Rally and Workshop
Event Site: Mt Vernon Place United Methodist Church

2.00 pm: Registration (Atrium or Narthex)
2.30 pm - 5:00 pm: HIV/AIDS Program (Sanctuary)
5:00 - 6:00 - National & International Faith in Action for HIV/AIDS Rally, Press-conference and Prayer at
DC Convention Hall just prior to the Opening Ceremony

7.00 pm Opening Ceremony
(live stream viewing also at Mt. Vernon Place UMC and Global Village)

For all event updates visit our website at:

http://faithinactioncoalition.org/

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Option B

Join in the Keep the Promise March on Washington

For those who want to March:

Leaders from the March on Washington will march together against AIDS on July 22. Each of us will march for deeply personal reasons but with a common goal in mind - to remind the world that this disease still claims millions of lives each year. This is a call to action, a rallying cry and a tribute to the victories and losses we have encountered together on the road to ending AIDS. The world must act! We cannot turn back or falter now. We need your help - join the March on Washington by signing on to the DC Declaration at www.keepthepromise2012.org

The Bus heading back to NYC will depart Mt Vernon Place United Methodist Church at 8:30 pm
(box dinner will be included)

You are cordially invited to the party of the century! The Atlanta Breakfast Club is hosting our annual 20th Century Masquerade Ball in Washington DC! We will be celebrating each decade from the turn of the century to the dawn of a new age...

Clear out the vintage boutiques, practice your decade trivia, and come ready to compete with the other decades! Be prepared for an enjoyable evening! Professionals like to have fun too...

Cocktail Attire…

Official Website: www.theatlantabreakfastclub.comQuestions: Reggie Cason (678) 663-1572

YOU MAY ONLY REGISTER FOR 1 WORKSHOP. THE WORKSHOPS RUN DURING THE SAME TIME EACH DAY!! WORKSHOPS ARE FOR 5 DAYS AND SHOULD BE ATTENDED EACH DAY.

More information can be found on the event website http://www.artsandmilitary.org

WORKSHOPS

How can the arts-visual arts, theatre, and creative writing-offer veterans, service members, and military families avenues of expression, healing, and reflection? This series of workshops connects Americans who have served in the military in Iraq or Afghanistan with artists and art therapy practitioners through two types of workshop environments: a studio art setting, for artistic exchange between teachers and participants, as well as a "artist-teachers teaching teachers" model, for artists or art therapists who are now working, or hope to work, within military communities.

Art Therapy and Resilience Enhancement

3-day workshop: May 14-16, 2012, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 10am - 4pm

Location: Create Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD

Leader: Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC, art therapist, Art Therapy without Borders

Open to: art therapy practitioners, art therapy students, and artists who are now working within, or hope to work with, military communities.

Limited to 10 participants

Paper Making as Art Therapy for Trauma Intervention

5-day hand papermaking workshop: May 14-18, 2012, Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm

Location: George Mason University, School of Art, Fairfax, VA

Leaders: Drew Mattot, artist/founder, Peace Paper; Gretchen Miller, MA, ATR-BC, art therapist, Art Therapy without Borders

Open to: current duty service members, veterans, and military families; as well as art therapy practitioners, art therapy students, and other health care professionals working specifically with military communities

Limited to 35 participants

From Uniforms to Paper and Creative Writing:

Combat Paper Project and Warrior Writers

5-day creative writing and hand papermaking workshop: May 14-18, 2012, Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm

Location: Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC

Leaders: Drew Cameron (Army), artist/co-founder Combat Paper Project; Lovella Calica, writer/founder Warrior Writers

Open to: only current duty service members and veterans

Limited to 25 participants

The Telling Project a workshop in "Telling" theatre

5-day drama workshop: May 14-18, 2012, Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm

Location: Library of Congress-Veteran's History Project, Washington, DC

Leaders: Jonathan Wei and Max Rayneard, The Telling Project, with support from Veteran Artist Program

Open to: service members, veterans, and military families; as well as directors and advanced directing students who are currently working, or hope to work, with military communities

EARLY registration required by April 24, to participate in a one-hour interview session between April 24-27, with director Jonathan Wei, and to perform on Friday, May 18th, Closing Program (details at bottom of that page).

Limited to 24 participants

Public Programs - Free and open to the public, please RSVP

Dance and Theater Performance

Sunday, May 13, 2012, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Dance Performance: Unsung, choreographed by DancEthos

Theater Performance: Telling: Baltimore, created by The Telling Project

Dance Place, Washington, DC

Seating capacity is 160. There is parking available in the neighborhood.

Closing Event

Friday, May 18, 2012, 7:00-8:30 pm

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDING, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC

Closing Program hosted by the Veterans History Project: Staged Readings of excerpts from author Kate Wenner's play, Make Sure It's Me, and from The Telling Project, by participants of the "Telling" workshop that week; Presentation on the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project by director Bob Patrick; Closing remarks by The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr., Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Former Secretary of the Army.

Seating capacity is 480.